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Old 05-18-2010, 02:08 PM  
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I agree. People with down syndrome are not retarded.
One of my best friends has a child with down, sweet little girl. Her speech is underdevelopped but her parents tried to teach her sign language (like the deaf people do since my friends mom was deaf and this was a long shot) and it turns out it works perfect for them and they now communicate very well.

Just wanted to say that.
FYI, retarded does mean slow. So while it might not be PC to call them retarded, they do infact have retarded learning skills.
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